The Upward Bound programs hosted by Boston University received another five years of funding from the US Department of Education. Upward Bound received $2.3 million, while Upward Bound Math Science… Read more
A mobile educational platform co-created by a recent BU Wheelock graduate took home this year’s first place Social Impact Prize at Innovate@BU’s annual New Venture Competition. Called RefEd, the app… Read more
On April 10, Boston University Upward Bound convened a virtual symposium to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Upward Bound, a federally funded TRIO program, has been providing outreach and student services… Read more
BU Wheelock’s Upward Bound Math Science (UBMS) program partnered with the Christa McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning at Framingham State University and the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Boston… Read more
Michael Dennehy, Executive Director of College Access and Student Success was honored at the annual BU Wheelock Fall Faculty and Staff Retreat with the inaugural Boyd E. Dewey Award for… Read more
BU Wheelock’s Reggie Jean, Director of Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science, presented at the inaugural Learn, Imagine, Create, Practice Symposium at Southern New Hampshire University. Jean’s presentation, “Coaching… Read more
Reggie Jean (CAS’95, Wheelock’05), who directs the Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math/Science programs at BU Wheelock, presented as part of a panel at this year’s Council for Opportunity in… Read more
Upward Bound first came to Boston University the summer of 1990. During each of the 29 summers since, the program has provided academic support to hundreds of low-income and first-generation… Read more
As part of a larger Greater Boston-area student cohort, The Posse Foundation has announced five Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science high school students as 2018 recipients of its… Read more
In June, President Trump announced his intention for the United States to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, a move that angered the scientific community and sent a message of… Read more